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Miscellaneous What-Have-You => What You're Blathering About => Topic started by: jgiffin on February 05, 2015, 08:05:16 PM

Title: Jimmy Fallon - Saved by the Bell
Post by: jgiffin on February 05, 2015, 08:05:16 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MftOONlDQac (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MftOONlDQac)

I'm a man of a certain age. This hits home in some pretty embarrassing, yet poignant, ways. *sniffle
Title: Re: Jimmy Fallon - Saved by the Bell
Post by: meekon5 on February 06, 2015, 12:38:59 PM
I tried to watch it but had to turn it off.

Sorry probably not as culturally significant to me in the UK.
Title: Re: Jimmy Fallon - Saved by the Bell
Post by: Reverend Al on February 06, 2015, 03:08:15 PM
Quote from: meekon5 on February 06, 2015, 12:38:59 PMI tried to watch it but had to turn it off.

Sorry probably not as culturally significant to me in the UK.

I think the attraction to the show was generational as well as cultural.  When Saved by the Bell premiered in 1989 I was 28 years old and had been married for eight years, so it's premise held zero interest for me.  From what little I've seen of the show, it didn't represent my mid- to late-70s high school experience at all.
Title: Re: Jimmy Fallon - Saved by the Bell
Post by: jgiffin on February 06, 2015, 09:40:31 PM
Yes, it's entirely a nostalgia thing. In and of itself, it's trash.
Title: Re: Jimmy Fallon - Saved by the Bell
Post by: BikerDude on February 08, 2015, 08:04:30 AM
Never watched it.
About the only guilty pleasure show that makes me nostalgic is Northern Exposure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KppIQNFe36I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KppIQNFe36I)

Wow! I just realized that the fan support for Northern Exposure is very similar to the Big L.
Both had yearly fan gatherings that lasted for years after the show / movie end date.
Lebowski Fest
https://lebowskifest.com/ (https://lebowskifest.com/)
And
Moosefest
http://www.moosefest.org/ (http://www.moosefest.org/)
https://www.facebook.com/Moosefest (https://www.facebook.com/Moosefest)